Cylance, an Irvine, California-based threat detection and prevention company, closed $20m in Series B funding.
Backers included Blackstone, Khosla Ventures, Fairhaven Capital and a group of private investors.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its artificial intelligence platform and go-to-market strategy in the advanced endpoint threat detection and prevention market.
Led by Stuart McClure, CEO, and Glenn Chisholm, CTO, Cylance provides a mathematical threat prevention solution for endpoints. It applies artificial intelligence, algorithmic science and machine learning for companies, governments and end users to identify what is safe and what is a threat.
The company is hiring.
FinSMEs
20/02/2014